So an opinion has to be based on facts and nothing else?

If I said it was my opinion that someone was an asshole, what kind of data
could I possibly use to back that up?   'Asshole' is a subjective term, just
like 'bias' so how would you quantify with data that someone is actually an
asshole? What if your idea of what an asshole is differs slightly than what
my definition would be?  How could we possibly have any data that would
prove either way whether or not the person was indeed an asshole?

I may have a more rigid definition of what I consider to be biased, where as
yours may less rigid, so its possible that what I consider to be biased, you
may not.

It would be just as difficult, if not impossible, to prove, unequivocally,
that bias exists anywhere in any form, as it would be difficult to prove,
unequivocally that someone is an asshole.

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >Don't have a point, merely an opinion.  I already ofered one example o
> fwhy
> >I feel the way I do that both you and Guss seem to have ignored.
> >
> >I am sorry, but there is no way you could really prove one way or another,
> >regardless of how many studies are done solely becasue 'bias' is a
> relative
> >term.
> >
>
> Opinion without facts is just bullsh*t. If you cannot back up what you're
> saying with data then it gives an idea of what your opinion is worth.
>
>
> 

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